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"Hmm."
"How much time has passed?"
"Five hundred years, five hundred years"
On the top of Wangyue Mountain outside Wangyue Village, a soul that had been sleeping for five hundred years finally awakened.
Chen Ming couldn't help but sigh when he thought back to his experience.
Traveling through the Douluo Continent, he did not reach any ten-thousand-year node, but rather a thousand years after the Sea God became a god.
At that time, Shrek was already a giant on the continent, the Tang Sect was in its heyday, and the grand occasion of the seven gods seemed like yesterday. Chen Ming awakened his martial soul - the soul, which is a spiritual body, similar to the body in the martial soul. Chen Ming's martial soul is his soul.
However, at that time, evil soul masters were rampant and impacted the order of the entire continent. Chen Ming was also defined as an evil soul master because of his martial soul. He was hunted down by Shrek and the Tang Sect many times, leaving him with many fundamental injuries. Even with his innate full soul power, he eventually stopped at the Titled Douluo.
Thanks to the characteristics of his martial soul, he forgot his physical injuries, delved into the mysteries of his martial soul, and successfully left his soul behind after his death. After making preparations in advance, he locked up all his memories and consciousness to avoid losing them, and successfully reincarnated a thousand years later.
Life after life, after solving the trouble of reincarnation, he had to face the pursuit of the sea god. Finally, in the eighth life, Chen Ming broke out. He became a god with great force, condensed the status of a semi-god, and took advantage of the destruction to enter the realm of gods on the pretext of further condensing the complete status of god.
He entered the God Realm and activated the Throne of the God of Time, which led to a conflict with Tang San, and eventually detonated the Throne of the God of Time, causing chaos in the God Realm.
Chen Ming himself took the opportunity to reincarnate again, and his soul was baptized by the Gate of Reincarnation.
"Although there is a need to gather the thoughts of this body, I have waited for five hundred years for this great trend."
Chen Ming carefully recalled the scenes deep in his memory.
"No matter what influence my first eight lives had on Douluo Star, now that the ten thousand year anniversary has arrived, the conflict between Sun Moon and Douluo, and between soul masters and soul beasts have all reached their peak. Without Huo Yuhao, this must be the time when the internal energy of the plane is most turbulent. Only during this period will I have a chance to impact the Divine King."
In his previous life, Chen Ming became a god with great force. Even if he completed the divine position, he could only be a second-level god at most. The reason was simple: he lacked luck and faith.
"This time, I will succeed!"
"I have to succeed too!"
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On the top of Wangyue Mountain, a ball of light flickered, flashing a hazy glow.
"I have collected the essence of the sun and the moon for five hundred years, plus the gold of life that I cut down from the Star Dou Great Forest last time. It will not be a problem to breed a body."
After reincarnation after reincarnation, in this ninth life, Chen Ming does not plan to follow the conventional path. He plans to be born and raised by nature to shape a perfect innate spiritual body.
"Only because I have consciously experienced reincarnation many times, coupled with the research I have done during my years of becoming a god, can I attempt this."
As Chen Ming muttered to himself, his soul entered the ball of light.
A turquoise spot of light in the light ball quickly burst into light, and in turn enveloped the light ball.
The shape of the ball of light began to change.
As the sun and the moon changed, the ball of light on the top of the mountain gradually changed from its original spherical shape to a head and limbs, evolving little by little into a human shape.
After October.
The light faded, and a baby as white as jade fell to the ground.
The baby did not cry, but stared in one direction with his big, Gululu eyes. The eyes seemed to be shining, and these two lively gazes could be detected from a long distance away.
About two and a half hours later, an excited voice rang out.
"Hahahaha, I climbed up!"
"I should be the first one to climb up this Wangyue Mountain. The top of this mountain is different, uh—"
The excitement came to an abrupt end.
A young man in his twenties rubbed his eyes and looked at the two small spots of spirituality.
He stepped forward cautiously, and only when he was about 20 meters away from Chen Ming did he dare to confirm that it was a baby!
"Oh my God!"
Chen Dong was shocked and hurried to the baby.
Looking at the naked baby without even a swaddling cloth, Chen Dong was shocked at the cruelty of the child's parents.
"Hey, this, this child is so pretty, with big black eyes and such a delicate appearance. Who is so cruel to leave the child here?"
He grabbed Chen Ming with both hands, picked him up, and looked at him over and over again.
As if realizing something, Chen Dong quickly slapped that round butt.
"Cry quickly, cry quickly!"
Chen Ming was extremely devastated.
Of course he knew what Chen Dong was worried about at this time, so he could only cover his butt with his little hands and scream at the same time.
"Huh, not bad."
Chen Dong breathed a sigh of relief and then checked Chen Ming's condition.
"I don't see any birth defects."
He scratched his head, his eyes flickering and full of confusion. Finally, looking at Chen Ming's bright big eyes, he gritted his teeth and made a decision.
"Little guy, I'll give you a chance."
Chen Dong held Chen Ming in front of him and said sternly, "I will put you down in a moment. If you climb towards me, I will take you home and raise you. If you climb towards the cliff, I will not force you. You stay here and I will go down the mountain alone."
After saying that, he put Chen Ming on the ground with his head facing him, and then took three steps back.
Chen Ming: "..."
Without hesitation, he crawled forward. "Ah, what a fate."
Chen Dong sighed, and the burden in his heart was lifted. He took off his coat, wrapped it around Chen Ming, and then took the little thing down the mountain.
On the way, Chen Dong thought about all the possible ways to explain it to his family, and each step he took was quite heavy.
Six years later.
"Old Chen, Old Chen——"
"Stop yelling, you bastard!"
Chen Dong wiped his face and got up reluctantly. When Chen Ming wasn't paying attention, he lifted him up by the clothes behind his collar.
"Call me daddy!"
Chen Ming didn't shout, but changed the subject.
"Today is the time for the Soul Awakening. Hurry up and wash up. It's time to take me to the Soul Awakening."
Chen Dong was silent and put Chen Ming down.
"Xiao Ming, children in Douluo Continent can awaken their martial souls at the age of six, but the awakening of martial souls requires the help and guidance of a soul master."
"ah?"
Chen Ming seemed to be confused.
"You have to pay to awaken your martial soul. Ten gold soul coins will get a soul master in town to help you awaken." Chen Dong said with a wry smile: "I'm already 26 years old this year, and I still don't have a martial soul."
"I heard that the Sea God came from a small village ten thousand years ago. At that time, the awakening of martial spirits was free."
Chen Dong did not give Chen Ming a direct answer.
One gold soul coin is enough to cover the expenses of an ordinary family of three for several months, and ten gold soul coins are enough to cover the expenses of an ordinary family of three for two or three years.
You know, awakening a martial soul doesn't necessarily mean you will have soul power.
Or to be more realistic, after awakening your martial soul, you will basically have no soul power!
Without even a stable way to awaken the martial spirit, the chance of a golden phoenix appearing was naturally extremely low.
It takes two or three years of food money for a family of three to awaken. If the awakening fails, the family will probably have to tighten their belts for a while.
"Our family now only has three gold soul coins in total."
In fact, Chen Dong has been trying his best to save money in the past few years. Although Chen Ming can eat much more than other children, he is still a child after all. He can fully support him by working hard to cultivate the few pieces of land, and he can also save some money, but it is only a little bit.
Three gold soul coins, I have tried my best.
To be honest, Chen Dong felt that Chen Ming's spirituality was one dimension higher than that of other children. In his mind, if Chen Ming really awakened, he would definitely have soul power.
But I really can't afford it.
As for borrowing money, he went to more than ten families while Chen Ming was asleep in the past three nights. However, there were so many children in the village this year, and each of them was very smart and ready to give it a try, so he couldn't get enough money.
With no other options, he could only make an agreement with a few close friends to work together to save up ten gold soul coins in the next year so that Chen Ming could awaken his martial soul when he was seven years old.
"Xiao Ming, I heard that even if a person with soul power cannot awaken at the age of six, he or she can awaken on his or her own in the future. You have been smart since you were young, so you must have soul power. Even if you cannot awaken this year, you will be able to awaken on your own sooner or later."
Chen Dong first used "common sense" to comfort Chen Ming, and then started to talk about saving money for him to wake up next year.
Chen Ming's voice interrupted Chen Dong.
"Autonomous awakening? So this is called autonomous awakening!"
"What did you say?"
"I said I awakened my martial spirit on my own."
Chen Ming stared at Chen Dong with his bright eyes.
For a moment, they looked at each other in the eye.
Chen Dong immediately realized that this kid had been acting all day.
"Good boy! When did it happen?"
"Last night."
As Chen Ming spoke, he raised his right hand, and a light blue fluorescence flickered.
"Soul power! Xiao Ming, you really have soul power!" Chen Dong said excitedly.
"Old Chen, you said that awakening a martial soul requires soul power to guide it. Now that I have soul power, can I help you awaken your martial soul?"
Chen Dong became even more excited and his breathing became rapid.
Chen Ming took a step back and rolled his eyes.
Seeing this scene, Chen Dong immediately knew that this kid was not holding his fart well.
Chen Ming raised his little face, as if he had been waiting for this moment.
"Call me Brother Ming, call me Brother Ming and I will awaken you."
Chen Dong's face turned black.